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I Thought I Would Bring You A First Look At The Proposed Races In The 2010 Season After The New 2009 Calendar Was Released Last Week ...

Formula 1 : 2010 Provisional calendar announced .

by mark andrew (Columnist)

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Preview/Prediction

July 03, 2008


I Thought I Would Bring You A First Look At The Proposed Races In The 2010 Season After The New 2009 Calendar Was Released Last Week . So Here Are The Possible Formula 1 Grand Prix's We Will Be Watching In The 2010 Season , No Official Order Of Rounds Has Been Set Yet But I Happen To Know Which Tracks Are In , Which Are Out And Which Are Possibilities .

Tracks That Are In :

ING Australian Grand Prix , Albert Park , Melbourne .

Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix , Sepang , Malaysia .

Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix , Sakhir , Bahrain .

Gran Premio De Espana Telefonica , Catalunya , Spain .

Grand Prix De Monaco , Monte Carlo .

Grober Preis Von deutschland , Hockenheimring , Germany .

Grand Prix Of Europe , Valencia Street Circuit .

Eithad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Yas Island , Abu Dhabi .

Indian Grand Prix , Noida , India .

SingTel Singapore Grand Prix , Singapore Street Circuit .

Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix , Fuji Motorspeedway , Japan .

Korean Grand Prix , Korean International Circuit , South Jeolla .

Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix , Shanghai International Circuit , China .

Grande Premio Do Brasil , Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace , Sao Paulo .

ING Belgian Grand Prix , Circuit De Spa Francorchamps . Belgium .

 Unconfirmed Grand Prix' Tracks :

Grand Prix Du Canada , Gilles Villeneuve Circuit , Montreal .

Grand Prix De France , Circuit De Nevers Magny Cours .

Magyar Nagydij , Hungaroring , Budapest .

Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix , Istanbul Park , Turkey .

Gran Premio Santander D'italia , Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Italy .

Unconfirmed Returning Or New Tracks :

United States Grand Prix , Indianapolis Motorspeedway , Indiana .

Russian Grand Prix , Nagatino Island , Russia .

Mexican Grand Prix , Un-Named , Unknown Location .

British Grand Prix , Silverstone Or Donnington Park , Northamptonshire / Leicestershire .

A Fair Few Interesting Prospects , A Formula 1 Race At Donnington !! A Couple Of New Ones And I Hope The US GP Returns . All In All An Exciting Looking Provisioal 2010 Season Coming Our Way . What Do You Think Of The Prospects Of This First Look 2010 Calendar ?

 

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  1. Ben Auty about 1 year ago

    I will go apeshit if the British GP either gets lost or gets sent to Donnington ... The British GP is at SILVERSTONE and it should be there EVERY FRIGGIN YEAR ! ... It makes me so angry to think that they would even consider dropping it ... Especially with all this re-development work happening !

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  2. Michael Griffin about 1 year ago

    haha, a russian gp. i would love to see the state of that track. montreal breaks up and their winters are bad, but russia's are the coldest in the world. hehe, that should be hilarious.

    couple people i spoke to yesterday said that the f1 circus is bored of turkey, and bridgestone hate that turn 8 so it's no wonder it is unconfirmed.

    I'm going to pursue the little grey man, and i want to know if silverstone is keeping it's gp.

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  3. mark andrew about 1 year ago

    Hey Ben , Thats How I Felt When I Saw This , Donnington Park Just Will Not Do . We Do Need A Silverstone Grand Prix Its The Only Place In My Eyes . There Is No Need To Drop It Off , What Was The Point Of Giving The Green Light For The Regeneration If They Are Guna Drop It Like A Hot Potato . Im With Ya Mate , Me You And Michael Over To France To Boycot The FIA And Protest If It Happens , What Do You Say ?

    And Michael I Hear You , The Drivers Will need To Complete a Race Worth Of Laps Just To Warm The Tyres Up In Russia . And i Dont Know Why They SApend All This Money , They Put Turkey On In 2005 And Remove It 4 Years Later , Whats That About ? Or Maybe They Are Sick Of The Sight Of Felipe Massa Already . Id Love To See An Article Of What You Say To Bernie , Give It Him Michael . Tell Him I Want His Daughters Phone Number And His Cash :-) ha ha .

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  4. mark andrew about 1 year ago

    Ha Ha , You Are Right Tho , This Whole Eastern Business Is Taking It Too Far ,Its Like Michael Said Watch Out For The IraQi Grand Prix Soon . Next It Will Be A Snow GP In Sweden As Well . Sod It Just Use Every Country In The World And Make The Season 2 Years Long .

    And My Passport Is At The Ready . Albeit With A Dodgy Photo , I Nearly Didnt Get Home From Spain 2 Years ago Coz i Look Like A Romanian Terrorist On It . You Would Know If U Saw It , But So What Ill Go To France And Sit Outside FIA HeadQuarters Until We Get Answers .

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  5. Adam Amick about 1 year ago

    This is almost becoming a regional schedule.

    South East Asia/Oceania: Australia, Malaysia, Singapore

    Asia: Japan (Fuji), Japan (Suzuka), China, Korea, India (Has to go somewhere)

    Southwest Asia: Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain

    Europe: Great Britain (Silverstone), France (Magny-Cours), France (LeMans), Belgium (Spa), Germany (Nurburgring), Germany (Hockenheim), Italy (Imola), Italy (Monza), Spain (Cataluyna), Spain (Barcelona), Portugal, Russia, Hungary

    Americas: Canada, U.S. (Indy), Brazil, Mexico

    So I see 28 tracks... 29 if TT Assen in Netherlands is ok for F1. If you go to a single race per country per year, you'd have 23 races. Add in a European GP, and that would round it out to an even 24.

    I'd be good with 24 races a year on the F1 calendar. I think if you work in the regions, with a race every two weeks (except ones that are closer together, such as Canada and U.S.), then take an additional week off between regions, it would provide some down time for the teams.

    So I'd go with Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore on adjacent weekends in March.

    Then home to Europe for three races in Spain, Italy, and Portugal in April.

    Over to Southwest Asia for three in May: Turkey, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain

    Back to Europe for three in June: France, Britain, Belgium

    Over to North America for Canada, Indy, and Mexico in July

    Back to Europe in August for Germany, Hungary, and Russia

    September would see a swing to Asia for 3 of the 4: Japan, China, Korea (or India)

    October they bounce to Brazil, then back to Europe for the European GP.

    This would make for a 23-race schedule, unless one more race in Europe is slotted between Brazil and the Euro GP to round it up to 24.

    That's my two cents' worth.

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    • Adam Amick about 1 year ago

      Oops... How could I forget Monaco... Slot that in to May, and swap the months.

      March: SE Asia (3)
      April: SW Asia (3)
      May: Europe 1 (3)
      June: North America (3)
      July: Europe 2 (3)
      August: Asia (3)
      September: Europe 3 (3)
      October: Brazil, 2 European races (3)

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  6. mark andrew about 1 year ago

    Yeah , Ive Never Quite Understood The Way They Schedule , The Drivers Spend most Of Their Time On Planes . If They Went To Each Area Of The World More Or less In Turn Then It Would Be Much Easier To Handle And There Would Be No Need For These 2 and 3 Week Breaks In Between .

    They Should Do All 4 Of The America's GP's In One Month Tho Canada , Indy , Mexico Then Brazil . ,I Dont See Any Problem With Fitting 24 Races In A Year , They Get Paid Enough , Raikkonen Gets 30 million A Season + , Id Do 24 Races a Season For 1 Million , As Long As I Had Enough Money For The Things I Needed Id Race For Pittance Compared To These Guys .

    And How Do You Forget Monaco !!! The King Of Racetracks One Thing Is For Sure We Are In For Some Exciting Seasons In The Near Future

    All They Need Now Is For Bridgestone To Make A Spiked Compound Of Tyre And Secure The Swedish Grand Prix . F1 Cars in The Snow Eh .

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  7. hawk senna 10 months ago

    24 races sounds good... but only for the fans, the point is reduces costs, thats what fia wants, make the teams dont spend too much son the low teams like force india and other teams can have more money to improve their cars, you know that super aguri doesnt have the money to trave to spain??, see its expensive to move the complete team to other countries, so dont dreams guys with 24 races

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    • mark andrew 10 months ago

      Hawk it was just a thought and we know it wont happen , we was just saying what we would like to see , i know what your saying about costs .

      Thanks anyway mate , this article was wrote a long time ago , forgot about it .

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